Showing Yourself Acceptance and Compassion

Growing in Self-Love

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Accepting oneself with all your flaws is part of being mentally healthy. However, often survivors are their own worst critics picking themselves apart and holding themselves back from experiencing life to the fullest.

This article will focus on self-compassion and how to become more self-accepting.

A Refresher: What is Self-Compassion?

According to the website, self-compassion.org written by Dr. Kristin Neff, “Self-compassion involves acting the same way towards yourself when you are having a difficult time, fail, or notice something you don’t like about yourself as you would your best friend. Instead of just ignoring your pain with a ‘stiff upper lip mentality, you stop telling yourself, ‘this is difficult right now,’ how can I comfort and care for myself?”

Let’s unpack that definition.

First, how often have you oppressed yourself when you failed or saw something you didn’t like in yourself? Instead of hating yourself or treating yourself with disdain, self-compassion occurs when you give yourself room to fail.

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